The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-06-18
WOMEN WORKERS.
TAs Great Host Of Female Toiiers En
ployed In Various Pursuits-

ployed In Various Pursuits.
The last census revealed the fact that
there are in the United States 2,647, ,000
women bread-winners, or, as the census
tables put 1t, "womcn pursuing gainful
occupations, that Is, working for wages
or pecuniary compensation by the day,
week. month or year. This great army
has representatives in every variety Of
labor. In the fields rs agricultural la
borers they number 594,51O, the major
ity of these being employed in the South
in cotton fields and on rice, cane. corn
and tobacco plantations; but in the
North over $4,000 women are registered
as laborers on farms and in gardens.
and in beekeeping, dairying. fruit and
berry raising, and in vineyards and
hopyards Besides these they are moro
than 60, 900 women working in the South
as day laborers in cotton-factories, sor-
ghum-mills, tobacco curing and manu-
featuring establishments. and in stores
and warehouses where heavy manual
labor, out doors and in, is required.
After this great host of day laborers
come the laundresses. more than 1OO,-
900 strong; domestic servants. nearly
1 1,O0O,0 900; cotton, silk and woolen mill
operatives. 1852, 900; women in boot and
shoe factories, more than 81, 900; clerks.
saleswomen, and accountants, $4,000;
and then 334,0OO dressmnkcrs and
milliners, many of whom are probably
plain sewing-women.
In almost every branch of manufact-
uring women are largely employed.
They work by the thousand in agricul-
tural implement shops. in bookbinderies,
in printing offices. as carpetmakers,
cigarmakcrs, clock and watch makers,
glovemakers, harnessmakers, gold and
silver workers, hat and cap makers,
straw-workcrs, and restaurant keep.
ers. In immense numbers they are EN-.
ployed at the sewing-machine and as
shirt, cuff and collar makers, and by
the thousand they work in telegraph
and telephone offices.
Women are acting. according to the
census, rs oystermen, fishermen, gur
and lock smiths, canal boatmen, paper
hangers, miners and iron and stee
workers. They are commercial travel
ers. book-agents, brokers, bankers, rail
way officials, packers, manufacturers
and officials of manufacturing compa
nies. There are noye than 14,00t
women commercial dealers and traders
10000 nurses, 10000 boarding-hous'
keepers, and more than 1000 hotel
keepers. Women are acting as archi
tects, chemists, assayers, dentists, de
signers, draughtsmen and inventors
One thousand six hundred and fifteer
are engaged rs employees in charitable
institutions; there are a few hundred
women working as professional jour
nalists and as authors, 1000 and NOR,
are artists and teachers of art, NOR,
than 1900 are actresses. and $4,000 ar
musicians and teachers of music. Fiv,
thousand one hundred and ninety-fou
women are Government clerks, ant
2,172 are officers of the Government
There are more than 1000 women phys
icians and surgeons, seventy-five law
yers, and 165 ministers of religion. 21
stock-raisers and 56,S09 free and indie
dependent farmers and planters. Th
census reports (all of these figures ar
taken from the census tables of 1880
154,375 women teachers-a great hos
representing an immense amount of tn
highest and most beneficent work
Chsca0O Tribune.